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Unfinished Business: Drawings and Sculpture by Judith Brotman

September 5-30, 2011

Gallery Talk: Thursday, September 15, 4 p.m., followed by
Reception with the Artist: Thursday, September 15, 4:30-6:00 p.m.

JUDITH BROTMAN is an adjunct assistant professor of contemporary practices at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. As part of her exhibition at Hampshire, she will be on campus during the week of September 11-16, creating a site-specific environmental installation in the back room of the Main Gallery. Students and visitors are invited to come in while the installation is in progress.

My newest work includes installations of stitched paper which hover between sculpture and drawing and, as well, between the polarities of delicate and menacing. These objects suggest a relationship to the body, which is frequently subverted by scale, positioning, and a variety of confounding elements. Influences on my work include Dada absurdist objects, images, and machines; post-minimalist works, and a wide variety of love stories from sources as diverse as Othello to day time soap operas. -- Judith Brotman